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Autopsy Performed On Body Found In Frazier Park Creek
NEWS RELEASE
KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
CORONER DIVISION
This news release is prepared under the direction of the Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator for the convenience of news reporters. Facts concerning news events of major...
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BAKERSFIELD POLICE
DEPARTMENT
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
November 4, 2009
Bakersfield Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect
wanted for grand theft.
On 10/6/09, at about 12:20 p.m., the suspect depicted in the...
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The Yankees are still chasing that elusive 27th championship, and will look to catch it tonight by beating Philadelphia in Game 6 of the 2009 World Series at Yankee Stadium.
After New York took a commanding 3-1 series lead in the best-of-seven series, the Phillies put together a winning...
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A quick note relating the World Series to Bakersfield on this, the night of Game 6: I ran into K.C. and Butch Hobson today at Stockdale while working on a story about this weekend's big football game. Butch said he's organizing Northwest and Southwest youth baseball camps in December and...
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First of two parts
TWO THINGS supporters of a government-run "public option" for health insurance know for sure. One is that private health insurers are raking in obscenely high profits. The other is that only a government rival can force them to compete on price.
In a clever new...
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The public's best option: Less government, more choice
by Jeff Jacoby
The Boston Globe
November 4, 2009
http://www.jeffjacoby.com/6...
Second of two parts (Read Part 1 here).
"MY GUIDING PRINCIPLE is and always has been that consumers do...
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I don't think the Prop. 71 backers quite had this in mind when they passed the initiative. For one thing, there may be some wondering whether this would curb the barbaric practice of slaughtering embryos so that others may live.
Unfortunately, there are some politicians who, as the father of the...
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My faith in a society that values marriage and the family as ordained by God long before government came into being has been restored, thanks to yesterday's election results, including the repeal of Maine's same-sex law that was imposed on the state by the legislators:...
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First case of swine flu confirmed in cat.
And it looks like the cat got it from the people he or she lives with. Jeepers.
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Our local air monitors indicate violations of health standards for ozone and particulate matter today.
The graph shows how high we are, so far today, above the federal health standard for PM 2.5. The red line is the level where damage to heart and lungs begins to be noticed. ...
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Andy Castaneda could hear the man's screams from several houses away.
By the time he and other neighbors in east Bakersfield arrived Tuesday afternoon, they saw 35-year-old Steven Herrera being attacked and brutally mauled by three pit bulldogs.
"I was four houses down," Castaneda...
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Andy Castaneda
http://www.bakersfield.com/...
the only thing is if they were out of their yard and on my property and attacking I wouldn't stop attacking back.
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AMAZING SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES
1. AVOID CUTTING YOURSELF WHEN SLICING VEGETABLES BY GETTING SOMEONE ELSE
TO HOLD THE VEGETABLES WHILE YOU CHOP.
2. AVOID ARGUMENTS WITH THE FEMALES ABOUT LIFTING THE TOILET SEAT BY USING
THE SINK.
3. FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE...
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i know this has been posted before but it bears a look now and then.
This will give you nightmares tonight. Only view if you have a strong stomach.
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
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Q: Are any T.V. stations in Bakersfield considering going H.D.?
- Rob Linares
A: We were able to talk to general managers at two local television stations and here's what they said:
KBAK Channel 29: Most of its network programming is offered in high definition but local programming like news...
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It's long but worth the read!
REVIEW & OUTLOOK
NOVEMBER 1, 2009, 11:23 P.M. ET
The Worst Bill Ever
Epic new spending and taxes, pricier insurance, rationed care, dishonest accounting: The Pelosi health bill has it all.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has reportedly told fellow...
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A 55-year-old Porterville man turned into the lane of an oncoming truck and was killed by the head-on impact, the California Highway Patrol reported.
The victim, whose name has not been released, was driving a 2000 Chrysler Town and Country Van north on Highway 65 near Merced Avenue at 11:05...
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Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below.
MAXIMILIA NOMENDEZ M WASCO CA 93280 H 3/11/09 ...
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Did anyone watch the returns last night? I belive the best thing that can happen to conservatism is few years of liberalism (in this case, less than one). America needs social and fiscal conservatism to stay ahead of the liberal europeans. Does this put the healthcare bill in...
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Hello I am a 57 year old retired single grandmother raising a unique granddaughter. It's 12:28 pm and again my neighbors have awakened me this time by throwing lumber outside my window. I have lived in this house for over 7 years. Since becoming a resident in this dale I have tried to better my...
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Metro Concert Series: A medley of excerpts from 4 tunes performed by Kama Ruby and Her Quartet, Oct. 29, 2009, at the Metro Galleries, Bakersfield, CA. Light My Fire, Hello It's Me, Little L, and Calling You (Theme fromBaghdad Cafe). Kama Ruby (vocals), Pat O'Connell (guitar), Ezekiel Victor...
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I posted a comment that I felt related to one of his topics & he deleted it.
people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/samheath/51412
His excuse was that I posted a video & some of his readers have dial up. After I noticed the deletion of my comment, I asked Sam why he didn't simply ask me to...
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Mon Nov 2, 4:34 pm ET
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A second attempt to sell a crypt on top of Marilyn Monroe's final resting place has failed, with not a single bid received for the burial spot in a celebrity-filled Los Angeles cemetery.
Widow Elsie Poncher is trying to...
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A friend of mine is interested in opening a retail store in town. Are there any local resources available that can help budding entrepreneurs write business plans and connect with more experienced folk?
Thanks.
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Police say the 4-year-old was playing outside his home when a 14-year-old neighbor boy brought Alex into his house and killed him. They won't say what the teen's motives were,but that's expected to be revealed when they officially charge him.
But according to those who knew him, the...
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A bad reputation is hard to shake.
The Department of Fish and Game is finding that out, particularly in the Kern River Valley, as it shops around its environmental review documents on stocking the river with fish.
The department was sued in 2006 by the Pacific Rivers Council and Center for...
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I just got back from the Central Section girls golf championships, where Frontier won the Division II section title with a 419, good enough for second overall behind Clovis West's 404. That moves the Titans to the Southern Cal regionals in a couple of weeks. So congrats to the Titans. Stockdale...
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A pit bull tore through a man's arm and abdomen in East Bakersfield Tuesday after he reportedly entered his brother's front yard when the brother wasn't home.
One neighbor snapped pictures as the attack unfolded while another used a cane to force the dogs off their victim, 35-year-old Steven...
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He’s got nearly 600 National Hockey League games to his credit over nine seasons and, at 30 years of age, Kyle Calder isn’t ready to call it quits.
But, after playing the last seven seasons exclusively in the NHL (plus a lockout year in Europe) Calder’s path back to the highest...
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Oh brother.
Check out County Govt. Reporter James Burger's blog on how the Board of Supervisors ducked making a hard decision on whether to allow a concrete crushing plant to be plopped right next to houses.
Hey, I wish the guy could just go ahead with his business too. We need the jobs and his...
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Buy 80 rolls of toilet paper, get a story from Al Gore
Published on November 2, 2009
blogs.tennessean.com/politics/2009/buy-80-rolls-of-toilet-paper-get-a-story-from-al-gore/
A cover story about former Vice President Al Gore’s new book, Our Choice: A Plan...
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Bakerfield's resident Lamont Coleman's film is opening up this weekend on Sunday. go to http://www.intheclosetmovie... for movie times. The horror/religious film, In The Closet, is winner of the 2009 San
> Diego Black Film Festival best religious...
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Our Air District totally miscalled the air quality for today as Moderate
The federal standard for the PM 2.5, 24-hour average, is 35 ppm but the average today in Bakersfield is going to be well above 50 ppm. It is clearly an unhealthy air day.
We will also experience a violation...
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The only disagreement between Al Gore and Exxon Mobil is who gets to sink the teeth in first
A common charge leveled against global warming skeptics is that they are on the payroll of transnational oil companies, when in fact the opposite is true, oil companies are...
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CO2 tax agenda front man lining his pockets on the back of global warming fearmongering
The New York Times has lifted the lid on how Al Gore stands to benefit to the tune of billions of dollars if the carbon tax proposals he is pushing come to fruition in the United States, while...
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We're on at the board of Supervisors.
Kern County Planning Department chief Jim Ellis is delivering the staff report on the M&B Land Development concrete-crushing project.
Both the businessman who proposed the project - Mark Polhamus - and neighbors have appealed the decision of the Kern...
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The Delano Police Dept, Detective Div., is asking the public's help in this case. On 9-26-09 at approximately 1900 hrs a shooting occuried at the Pioneer Gas Station, located in the 1000 block of Garzoli Ave. in the city of Delano.
After recovering the surveillance footage of the incident two...
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Got this from McCarthy's office, if you're so inclined to watch:
Tune in: Congressman Kevin McCarthy (CA-22) along with Congressman Chris Van Hollen (MD-08) will appear on CNN’s Situation Room <http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Prog... today, November 3rd, at 3:45pm PST (6:45...
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What if I told you that right now in Bakersfield, thousands and thousands of people are walking around with a life threatening disease that trumps Swine flu and West Nile combined.. Would you believe me?
What if I told you that out of all these people with this disease, only 3% know they...
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Some years ago I was watching a TV series entitled “Life Goes On.” The following is an excerpt from one chapter of my book “Birds With Broken Wings” and I want to share this with others who have not read the book:
TV Guide lists Life Goes On as #1 among...
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Laughter as dignitaries discuss making vaccine mandatory, tricking public into taking it
A recording of a recent Council On Foreign Relations symposium reveals attendees discussing ways and means of getting the public to take the H1N1 flu vaccine in spite of the mass resistance that has...
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Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below.
CODY CROUCH M TORRANCE CA W 2/11/09 ...
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Video of a soldier and his family and their efforts at bringing this pup home he befriended during his deployment in afghanistan
http://gmy.news.yahoo.com/v...
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I'm skipping the board of supervisors meeting this morning to work on a piece for tomorrow's paper.
But don't worry. I'll be at the afternoon session to watch the final debate over the proposed concrete crushing plant out on Rosedale Lane.
Supervisors are in a classic development pinch between...
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Twas The Night Before Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the town
All awaited Saint Nick, but heard not a sound.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds
Except Billy and Joe Bob, the rebellious butt-heads.
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well if anybodys looking for a kidney on craigslist this morning..i wonder what the dr's charge for one..hmmmm
kidney
Date: 2009-10-29, 12:48AM
i am a 24 year old male, clean life style, in need of money, 80k plus you pay for all med. bills 6613457999 call anytime of the...
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Richard Hockaday, a 38-year-old sex offender from San Diego, is facing 42 years in prison after he was caught molesting a boy he'd mentored for years. So as part of his therapy, he began confessing to his sins. And those sins led police...
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When 4-year-old Alex Christopher Mercado went missing Friday in Mendota, California, the Fresno County Sheriff's Department began an immediate search. But it didn't bring a happy ending the next day.
He was found stuffed in the dryer at a home where his babysitter lives next door. Alex had...
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Over 130 parents showed up at the MLK Center tonight to fight for a better Bessie Owens Primary School. The main complaints are the lack of leadership and bad environment at the school. They want the counselor who was put on administrative leave and arrested to be reinstated at the school. ...
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So who had the best Halloween?
Spent mine in Hollywood. Lunch at Gordon Ramsay's restaraunt at the London West Hollywood. Did the tourist thang for a while, as it was my first time there. And wrapped it up with VIP tix for Rob Zombie's Hellbilly Deluxe 2 show (see pic w/Rob).
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